{"product_id":"the-painted-girls-paperback","title":"The Painted Girls - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCathy Marie Buchanan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA heartrending, gripping novel about two sisters in Belle  poque Paris and the young woman forever immortalized as muse for Edgar Degas' \u003ci\u003eLittle Dancer Aged Fourteen\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1878 Paris. Following their father's sudden death, the van Goethem sisters find their lives upended. Without his wages, and with the small amount their laundress mother earns disappearing into the absinthe bottle, eviction from their lodgings seems imminent. With few options for work, Marie is dispatched to the Paris Op ra, where for a scant seventeen francs a week, she will be trained to enter the famous ballet. Her older sister, Antoinette, finds work as an extra in a stage adaptation of  mile Zola's naturalist masterpiece \u003ci\u003eL'Assommoir\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarie throws herself into dance and is soon modeling in the studio of Edgar Degas, where her image will forever be immortalized as \u003ci\u003eLittle Dancer Aged Fourteen\u003c\/i\u003e. There she meets a wealthy male patron of the ballet, but might the assistance he offers come with strings attached? Meanwhile Antoinette, derailed by her love for the dangerous  mile Abadie, must choose between honest labor and the more profitable avenues open to a young woman of the Parisian demimonde. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet at a moment of profound artistic, cultural, and societal change, \u003ci\u003eThe Painted Girls\u003c\/i\u003e is a tale of two remarkable sisters rendered uniquely vulnerable to the darker impulses of \"civilized society.\" In the end, each will come to realize that her salvation, if not survival, lies with the other.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCathy Marie Buchanan is the author of the national bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Day the Falls Stood Still\u003c\/i\u003e, a Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Recommends selection and an Indie Next pick. She lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760449454368,"sku":"9781594632297","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4c063ec3f86f483ca5fc4094f230930f.webp?v=1780180124","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-painted-girls-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}